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Evart, MI

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Overview


Evart is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,772 people and just one neighborhood, Evart is the 379th largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Evart, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.22% of Evart’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Evart is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Evart who work in office and administrative support (11.63%), food service (10.18%), and sales jobs (9.85%).

Also of interest is that Evart has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

One of the benefits of Evart is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.52 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Demographics

The citizens of Evart are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.43% of adults in Evart have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Evart in 2018 was $20,633, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,532 for a family of four. However, Evart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Evart also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.11% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Evart home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Evart residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Evart include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Evart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Evart, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

More people in choose to walk to work each day (11.0%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Evart are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 32.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 35.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.5%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Evart, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (74.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (11.0%) and 10.3% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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